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Finding the right job is not easy.

 
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Marrion



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PostPosted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 6:07 pm    Post subject: Finding the right job is not easy. Reply with quote

[1] Finding the right job is not easy.
=[2] It is not easy finding the right job.
=[3] It is not easy to find the right job.

From above sentences, which one between [2] and [3] is the same meaning of [1]?


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lotus



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PostPosted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 6:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Marrion,

#2 is the closest:

It's not easy finding the right job.


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Marrion



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 5:27 am    Post subject: I am a little confused Reply with quote

[1] Finding the right job is not easy.
=[2] It is not easy finding the right job.
=[3] It is not easy to find the right job.

=[4] To find the right job is not easy.

I was taught that �[1]Finding the right job.........� is the same meaning of this sentence, �[4] To find the right job...�

If so....
Are all these sentences the same meaning?
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:33 am    Post subject: Re: Finding the right job is not easy. Reply with quote

Marrion wrote:
[1] Finding the right job is not easy.
=[2] It is not easy finding the right job.
=[3] It is not easy to find the right job.

From above sentences, which one between [2] and [3] is the same meaning of [1]?


And now for a third opinion....

To me, the construction "It is not easy to find the right job." and "Finding the right job is easy." are the same. I don't use "It is not easy finding the right job." as it sounds awkward, and I would never teach that construction.

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Marrion



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 6:06 am    Post subject: I got it.. Reply with quote

I got it, sir.^0^

Thank you, very much.

May you be in happiness!! Wink
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